Read the excerpt from "the adventure of the mysterious stranger," by washington irving.

when he found i really took an interest in him he threw himself entirely upon my friendship. he clung to me like a drowning man. he would walk with me for hours up and down the place of st. mark—or he would sit until night was far advanced in my apartment.
what does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
it describes what the narrator knows from his past.
it describes what the narrator experiences in the story.
it provides an inference drawn by the narrator.
it provides a criticism voiced by the narrator.

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. which statement about this paragraph is accurate?